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Edward Curtiss
Editor -
Martin Obzina
Art Direction -
Arthur Conan Doyle
Novel -
Melville Shyer
Assistant Director -
Roy William Neill
Producer -
Bertram Millhauser
Screenplay -
Virgil Miller
Director of Photography -
Vera West
Costume Design
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CinemaSerf 7/1/2022 7:37:18 PM
This is maybe not one of the better of the fourteen outings for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce, but it's still a thoroughly enjoyable watch as "Holmes" and "Watson" have to get to the bottom of a mystery that involves a series of apparently unrelated killings linked only by the fact that each victim has a severed finger. No "Lestrade" this time, but Matthew Boulton is "Insp. Gregson" who together with our deductive duo, tries to get to the bottom of it all - and as their investigations deepen, they discover that their long thought dead nemesis "Prof. Moriarty" (Henry Daniell) is back and even more nasty! This also has a suitably classy, menacing performance from Hilary Brooke as femme fatale "Lydia Marlow" to keep the pot boiling before quite a tense denouement. Well worth a watch.
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock HolmesBess Flowers
Bar Patron (seen in mirror) (uncredited)Matthew Boulton
Inspector GregsonFrederick Worlock
Dr. OnslowNigel Bruce
Dr. John WatsonPaul Cavanagh
Sir George FenwickMary Gordon
Mrs. HudsonHillary Brooke
Lydia Marlowe